Jumanji 3 is tweaking its year-end holiday release plans.
The latest installment in the reinvigorated Sony Pictures franchise will now open in cinemas on Christmas Day of this year. It was originally set to open Dec. 11.
Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan are returning alongside filmmaker Jake Kasdan, who directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg.
Matt Tolmach, Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia an Kasdan are producing.
Danny DeVito, Nick Jonas, Marin Hinkle, Bebe Neuwirth, Lamorne Morris and Rhys Darby are also returning for the latest installment, with Dan Hildebrand and Jack Jewkes joining as new cast members.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle hit heaters in December 2017 and surpassed $950 million at the global box office. A 2019 sequel topped out at $801 million in worldwide ticket sales.
The big screen franchise was made famous with the 1995 feature film starring the late Robin Williams and adapted from Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 children’s book.
More to come.
